Octomeria napoleon
Species of flowering plant
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Octomeria napoleon is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae. It is an epiphyte with leathery leaves and yellow sepals. The species is native to Colombia and Brazil.
| Octomeria napoleon | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Genus: | Octomeria |
| Species: | O. napoleon |
| Binomial name | |
| Octomeria napoleon Luer ex Gil-Amaya & Karremans | |
Octomeria napoleon was first described in 2010, though the name was not validly published until 2019.
Taxonomy
The name Octomeria napoleon was first used by Carlyle A. Luer in 2010. The name was not validly published, as Luer cited two herbaria when listing a holotype. In 2019, Adam Philip Karremans and Karen Gil-Amaya validated the name.[1]
Distribution
Description
Octomeria napoleon is a small but robust epiphyte with slender roots. The stems are 0.5–5 centimetres (0.20–1.97 in) long, and surrounded by two or three tubular sheaths.[3]
The leaves are thickly leathery, elliptical, suffused with purple, 1.5–6 centimetres (0.59–2.36 in) long, and up to 1 centimetre (0.39 in) wide.[3]
The inflorescence has a single flower, which grows on a stem around 1 millimetre (0.039 in) long. The sepals are yellow, elliptical-oblong, around 7 millimetres (0.28 in) long, around 2 millimetres (0.079 in) wide, and have three veins. The petals are elliptical, around 6.5 millimetres (0.26 in) long, and around 1.5 millimetres (0.059 in) wide. The lip is around 3.5 millimetres (0.14 in) long, and around 1.8 millimetres (0.071 in) wide. The lip has three lobes. The column is slender, cylindrical, and around 2 millimetres (0.079 in) long.[3]
Etymology
Luer's original description of the species states that the specific epithet "napoleon" means "lion of the woodland, the powerful, little general".[3]